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‘Spider-Man’ Beats ‘Avengers: Endgame’ as ‘Brand New Day’ Climbs to $360 Million, the Biggest Opening Weekend in Box Office History (variety.com)
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[–] 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

It also has a lot to do with rising ticket costs and inflation.

There's a reason they always compare dollar amounts rather than ticket counts.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    i dont find movie tickets outside of big cities to be much more expensive. if anything, they're increasing slower than streaming costs.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Perhaps, but movie tickets today are more expensive than they were in 2019. Box Office dollars is a poor way to judge a movie's draw when compared to ticket count.

    It's all marketing, they want to compare money because otherwise they'd have to talk about how a movie from the 1930s still holds the record for most tickets sold in the US.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm surprised to see classic films so high on this list, but there's so many more people in the world today, so it's unsurprising to see modern movies at the top https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_by_box_office_admissions

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